Biweekly Topic Challenge: Training [Completed]

Question

The current topic for the Pets: Biweekly Topic Challenge is the suggestion for the training tag.

For the next two weeks (until midnight of February 22, 2015) you are challenged to ask and/or answer as many questions as you can using the training tag.

The tag wiki:

Training includes correcting problematic behavior and teaching a pet new behavior or habits.

This tag can indicate behavior-changing tricks and tips applied either in the home setting, or by a professional training program. Related tags include behavior, discipline, leash-training and toilet-training.

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At the end of the challenge the results will be tallied into an answer below this post. Have fun!

Answer 1

During the two weeks of the challenge we received 6 questions about training (with 1 duplicate question omitted).

The total voting score the questions received was 20 for an average voting score of 3.3 per question.

There were 8 answers for an average of 1.3 answer per question.

The questions asked were:

• Trained dog to ring bell to go out, now he rings it all the time

• How can I train my dog to fetch (or at least not bark for me to throw the ball)?

• My dog licking up other dogs urine?

• My cat thinks my cursor arrow is a toy but my expensive LED monitor disagrees!

• In giving my cat a "space" (bed) on my desk, should I strictly enforce that she stay there only?

• Can I use an aversive to keep my cat from licking my plate?

These questions were asked by these users (in no specific order):

And answered by these users (in no specific order):

Tags that were used in conjunction with the training tag were:
dogstoilet-trainingvocalizationsfetchcats